Coin-actuated calendar bank



R. B. HAYDEN.

com ACTUATED CALENDAR BANK.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 7,1920.

Patented Jan. 17, 1922.

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COIN ACTUATED CALENDAR BANK.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 7.1920.

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ROBERT 1B. HAYDEN, 0F SEATTLE,

WASHINGTON, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TO'GEOBGE LLOYD, OF GREAT FALLS, MONTANA.

v(IOIN-ACTUATED CALENDAR BANK.

Application filed July 7,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that ROBERT B. HAYDEN, a citizen of the United States, and residing at Seattle, in the county of King and State of Washington, has invented certain'new and useful Improvements in Coin-Actuated Calendar Banks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in banks designed to receive difi'erent coins, and to automatically register the deposit of eac coin as an addition to the amount already deposited, whereby the bank will indicate the aggregate amount deposited in the coins of the several denominations for which the bank is design p An essential object of the present invention is the mounting of the registering'elements within the bank structure, so that said elements as a whole may be turned back when desired into a position convenient for manual operation to reset any one or more registers, as may be necemary'when the bank is to be emptied.

The furtherobject of the invention is to provide simple means whereby the introduction of a particular coin Wlll' automatically actuate the register for coins. of that denomination, the actuating mechanism being so arranged as to-be unafi'ected when the registering mechanism is turned back for b manual adjustment. In the accompanying drawingse- Fig. 1 is a bottom plan view of the bank,

the cover plate being removed.

Fig. 2 is a similar viewwith the registering mechanism turned back into a position for convenient manual operation.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section on line 3+3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a transverse section on line 44 Fig. 5 is a bottom plan View of a carrying frame and parts carriedthereby.

In the accompanying drawings the improved bank is shown as comprismg'a casing having the bottom thereof formed as a removable cover, to described hereinafter. The casing" comprises a top wall 1, side walls 2, and end walls 3, the top wall beingx transverse'slot 4, through w ich the amounts of the register are visible, and coin slots 5, 6, and 7, here shown as designed to receive coins of different denominations, with Specification 01 Letters Patent.

be more specifically formed with a Patented Jan. 17, 1922. 1920. Serial No. 394,417.

the slots, which extend corresponding in length to th the particular coin for which signed.

The operating mechanism is mounted upon what may 8-c01 npr1s1ng a strip of substantially the Interior width ofthe casing and formed at one end to present a substantially horizontal ledge 9, adapted when the frame is in position to overlie lugs 10 on the side walls of the casing, horizontal helf 12, adapted when the frame is 1nv position to directly underlie the slots 5, 6, and 7 in spaced relation to the top of the caslng, a dependingwall 13 of slightly less length than the wall 11, and a e diameter of they are deedge of the wall 13; -When in place the carrying frame has an aggregate length snugly fitting the interior length of the easing, the table being obviously movable with relatlonto the rest of the frame on its hinged connection;

The registering mechanism is carried entirely b t e table and comprises side plates 15 fixe to the table and supporting transverse hafts 16 and 17. On the shaft 16 is, mounted a plurality of supply rolls 18, 19, and 20, on each of which is wound a tape 21 caring numbers in multiples of the coin V Y which said tape is designed to register, as is usual. Feed rolls 22, 23 and 24 are mounted on the'shaft 17 to align with the rolls 18, 19 and 20, and the respective. tapes 21 are wound on said feed rolls, so that as the feed rolls are actuated, the particular tape will be drawn from the supply roll in accordance with the coin deposited. The tapes intermediate the supply and feed rolls pass over a guide bar 25 carried in the side plates 15, which guide bar, when the partsare in position directly underlies the slot 4 of the casing, and thereby permits that portion 'of the tape or tapes which is directly above said ide bar to be visible, and therefore reada le through the slot 4. Beyond the guide bar, the tape passes over idlerrolls 26 mounted on the shaft 27 supported in the plates 15, to guide the tapes to and around the feed rolls. Each supply roll is provided with a relatively fixed edge roughened disk 28 which projects beyond the surface of the roll, provlding a means for manually adjusting the tape on such roll when the table lengthwise the top,-

be termed a carrying frame an upstanding wall 11, the

is turned back as will later appear. Spring fingers 29 are secured to the table and bear provided with projections 30 whereby to accurately position the table and parts carried thereby, whenisuch table is turned down into operative position. i

.The horizontal shelf 12 of the carrying frame is formed with coin slots 31 corresponding to and registering with the coin slots 5, 6, and 7, in. the top of the. casing when the parts are in position, guide walls 32 being carried by extensionsof the shelf 12 to guide the coin following its introduc tion intothe coin slots. The shelf 12 is formed on one side of each coin slot 31 with a guideway 33, and in each of said guideways is, slidably mounted an actuator 34.

. coin through the i so ' coin engaged shoulder 39 of the actuator in The actuators are held against displacement in the guideway by strips 35 overlying the slots and forming bridge walls for the ends of the slots to hold the actuators in place. The actuators 34 each comprise thin metallic strips having at one end a downwardly inclined lip 36 adapted when the actuator has been moved forwardly a predetermined distance to engage a tooth in a ratchet 37 fixed to the particular feed roll, the open ,ative movement of the actuator serving through this engagement to advance the feed roll a sufficient distance to move the tape connected therewith fora fresh registry through the slot 4. The actuators are formed on the edge next the particular slot 31 with a lateral projection 38 presenting a shoulder 39 which normally bridges or crosses the slot. Therefore on the introduction of the particular coin, this shoulder 39 is engaged by the coin, and on forcing the slot, the actuator is moved to operate the feed roll as described. The actuators are normally held or withdrawn in inoperative position by pring strips 40 secured on the upper side of the led e 9 and engaging in openings in the endso the aclip 36 of eachactuator being lattuator, the erally extended to present a shoulder 41 to limit the inoperative movement of the actuator to such position as will arrange the relation to. the particular coin slot.

proper I bottom ofthe casing 42 which serves The as a. removable cover is held in place by pins.

43 n the casing engaging slots 44 in the bottom, a key controlled lock 45 securing the cover in place.

With the parts in position indicated in Fig, 1, it will be apparent that if for any reason, as in removing the ward thebottom of the casing on its hinged connection, such table and re 'stering means then assuming the position s own in Fig. 2.

I coins from the bank, it is desirable to resetthe registering mechanism, the table 14 may be turned to'- The registering mechanism is then reay accessible from the bottom of the casing and the disks 28 may be readily operated to adjust the registering tapes as desired. The table is provided with a depending projection 46 which may serve as a handle in turnin said casing, means operated in the passage of a coin through said slots for actuating the registering mechanism, and means for bodily supporting the registering mechanism to permit said mechanism as a whole to be turned from an operative to an inoperative position for manually adjusting the same.

2. A coin bank comprising a casing formed with 00111 slots, a carrying frame arranged within said casing, registering mechanism carried by said table, and actuators carried by the frame and adapted to operate said mechanism, said actuators being moved by the coins introduced through said coin slots.

' 3. A coin bank comprising 'a' casing having a coin slot and an indicating slot, a carrying frame removably arranged in the casing and having a slot to register with the coin slot, an actuator arranged adjacent said frame slot and having a shoulder to be engaged by a coin to move the actuator in one direction, registering mechanism to be operated in the movement of the actuator under the coin,

and means for supporting. said registering mechanism topermit the same to be turned back into an inoperative'position with respect to the actuator and for exposure to permit manual adjustment.

, 41A coin bank comprising a casing formed with a coin slot and with an indicating'slot, a carrying frame arranged in the casing and having a shelf to underlie that portion of the casing formed with the coin slot, a

slot in'said underlying portion of the frame to register with the coin slot, an actuator movable in said underlying portion of the fi'ame and adapted to. be operated inone direction byi-the passage of acoin through said registering slot, and a movable shelf forming a part of the carrying frame, and registering mechanism carried bysaid shelf, said mechanism in one position of the shelf being arranged for cooperation with the actuator and with the indicating slot and in another position of the shelf'being accessible-for manual adjustment.

5. A coin bank comprising a casing having coin slotsand an indicating slot formed therein, a carrying frame arranged within the casing formed with slots registering with the coin slots, actuators carried said fraine operated by the introduction of coins into said coin slots, a table forming part of the carrying frame and having hinged connection therewith, a registering mechanism mounted on the table for registering cooperation with the indicating slot in the casing in one position of the table and adapted to be operated by the actuators in said position, the casing having a removable cover for the bottom thereof, means for looking the cover to the bottom, said means also locking the table to hold the registering mechanism in registering position, and said table being adapted in another position thereof to reject the registering mechanism 15 below the ottom of the casing for manual adjustment. t

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT B. HAYDEN.

Witnesses:

, SUZANNE MoLAUGnmN,

OSCAR J. HANSON. 

